Not All Crypto Bros / Esmé von Hoffman

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🗓️ 9 January 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Filmmaker and journalist Esmé von Hoffman talks with Chuck Mertz about her recent article "I Heard it was Safe" published by The Lever. Also featuring a new Past Inside the Present from Sebastian Wuepper and this week's Hangover Cure. Esmé von Hoffman runs Chalk Circle Films and is an award-winning filmmaker who draws on her experience in journalism, theater, and the visual arts to bring a fresh aesthetic to film and television. @esme_von https://esmevonhoffman.com/ https://www.levernews.com/i-heard-it-was-safe/?fbclid=IwAR3QLaIppaV_MCFMuLGPl9APw313M1lxM4AAtPckG94DX7rN-pH3ekKYK5Y

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0:00.0	Wrinkle, wrinkle little scar.
0:03.0	Count the freckles on my arm.
0:06.0	Ephraggles don't mean anything does anything
0:17.0	think anything me anything. Now. This is hell and we're
0:45.5	Behind every great fortune is a great crime
0:51.3	This is hell and we are all starting to learn about the crime behind the
0:58.6	fortunes of crypto and apparently that crime is fraud when yet another crypto-related outfit in this case
1:06.8	FTX went under back on November 11th. A lot of people, okay me, had Schoddenfroyda, the thoroughly disgusting pleasure we sometimes get from
1:16.1	others misfortune. That's because a lot of us, okay, again, me, enjoy what are called
1:21.8	crypto bros getting their comeuppance in what is obviously a
1:25.7	pyramid scheme at least it seems pretty obvious to me I mean it has bros in the title so the group of people called
1:35.8	crypto bros probably sucks according to Urban Dictionary a crypto bro is a person
1:40.9	with a weak grasp of cryptocurrency and blockchain applications, yet has formed very strong opinions on the best
1:48.5	cryptocurrency and blockchain applications. They are often observed parading their involvement in
1:54.7	crypto and arguing with other crypto bros. A crypto bros is a nerd with too much spare
1:59.9	time and too many video cards. cryptoobros think they are smarter than you.
2:04.5	They will ignore any meaningful arguments against what they do
2:07.8	by repeating something about serious business
2:10.9	like a thousand times.
2:12.4	One of the first rules of a crypto bro is that they first be a male.
2:16.0	Their traits include being condescending, always on their phones,
2:20.0	heavy use of crypto slang and abbreviations, and an overuse of the rocket emoji which signifies a rapid rise in value.
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